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Topcon Weighing Takeover Bids from Private Equity Firms, Bloomberg Reports
Topcon is considering takeover bids from suitors, including the private equity firms KKR & Co. and EQT AB, according to a report Dec. 10 from financial news outlet Bloomberg. The Tokyo-based ophtha...
Haag-Streit’s Metis Poised to Join Innovation-Rich and Growing Advanced Microscopes Segment
Haag-Streit revealed its new Metis microscope at the 2024 European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons (ESCRS) meeting and showcased it again at the 2024 AAO meeting. The Metis is specifica...
November 2024 Ophthalmic News Briefs
Heidelberg Engineering announced Oct. 14 that the US FDA had granted 510(k) clearance to its Flex Module for the Spectralis diagnostic imaging platform. The Flex Module mounts the Spectralis to a m...
Beyeonics One Introduces ‘Invisible Light’ Infrared Illumination
Israel’s Beyeonics Vision announced Oct. 8 that it had incorporated “invisible light” technology, based on infrared night vision, into the Beyeonics One surgical visualization system. Beyeonics sai...
Emerging Companies Pursuing Ophthalmic Indications, June 2024
Market Scope is tracking companies that have announced new candidates to diagnose and treat eye disease.
May 2024 Ophthalmic News Briefs
Taiwan-based Formosa Pharmaceuticals announced May 9 that it had entered into an exclusive licensing agreement with Tabuk Pharmaceuticals to market clobetasol propionate 0.05% eye drops for post-su...
First Beyeonics One Ophthalmic Exoscope Installed at ASC in Florida
Israel’s Beyeonics Vision reported May 10 the first commercial installation of a Beyeonics One digital ophthalmic exoscope at Largo Ambulatory Surgery Center & Eye Institute in Largo, Florida. The ...
Digital Solutions are Underlying Theme at 2024 ASCRS Meeting
The ASCRS conference was a hub of diagnostic innovation and collaboration, despite the absence of a designated “Digital Day,” as provided at the 2023 meeting. Discussions on the integration of digi...
April 2024 Ophthalmic News Briefs
Alexion, the rare disease unit of AstraZeneca, announced March 25 that the US FDA had approved its long-acting C5 complement inhibitor Ultomiris (ravulizumab-cwvz) for adults with neuromyelitis opt...
Beyeonics Vision Appoints A. Burton Tripathi, PhD, as CEO
Israel’s Beyeonics Vision announced March 28 that it had appointed A. Burton Tripathi, PhD, as its new chief executive officer. Tripathi was formerly CEO of TrueVision 3D Surgical. After Alcon acqu...
Scope Showdown: Three Strategics Compete for Technical Supremacy
Three of the biggest names in ophthalmic equipment—Alcon, Carl Zeiss Meditec, and Bausch + Lomb—are funneling resources into digital technology, with a focus on streamlining the operating room and ...
October 2023 Ophthalmic News Briefs
Théa Pharma, the US subsidiary of France’s Laboratoires Théa, announced the launch Sept. 26 of once-daily Iyuzeh (latanoprost ophthalmic solution) 0.005% in the US market. Iyuzeh is the first prese...
Olaf Felske is Appointed CEO of Haag-Streit USA
Switzerland’s Haag-Streit Group announced Oct. 3 that it had appointed Olaf Felske as the new chief executive officer of Haag-Streit USA, its division based in Mason, Ohio. Haag-Streit USA distribu...
Joseph C. Papa Joins Beyeonics Surgical as Chairman of the Board
Israel’s Beyeonics announced Oct. 4 that ophthalmic industry veteran Joseph C. Papa had joined the company as chairman of the board of Beyeonics Surgical and board member of Beyeonics Vision. Papa ...
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